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Re: Paypal won't let me close my account!

by pjgeorgejr Contributor in About Settings (Archive)
‎Apr-23-2012 05:31 AM
‎Apr-23-2012 05:31 AM
This is a screen grab of my "Outstanding" Payment Authorizations...  All Inactive, no option to delete them.  WTH? ... View more

Re: Close account

by pjgeorgejr Contributor in About Settings (Archive)
‎Apr-23-2012 05:27 AM
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I have been waiting a week for an answer to the same question.  Crickets so far.... ... View more

Re: Paypal won't let me close my account!

by pjgeorgejr Contributor in About Settings (Archive)
‎Apr-23-2012 05:26 AM
‎Apr-23-2012 05:26 AM
Wow, a week and no reply from PayPal.  How am I not surprised?... 😕  Adrian, Misty, Frank?  Have you been instructed to ignore requests to cancel accounts?  Any help would be appreciated.   I have outstanding payments, I haven't sold anything on anywhere to anyone.  No payments in or out are outstanding.  Why do I contiue get this message?? ... View more

Outstanding Payment Authorizations

by pjgeorgejr Contributor in About Protections (Archive)
‎Apr-17-2012 03:49 AM
‎Apr-17-2012 03:49 AM
Paypal says I have Outstanding Payment Authorizations.  But I looked in Profile > My Money > My preapproved payments and I see three that are all "Inactive".  When I filter by "Active" it returns no data.   Is there another place that displays Outstanding Payment Authorizations?   Help!! ... View more

Paypal won't let me close my account!

by pjgeorgejr Contributor in About Settings (Archive)
‎Apr-16-2012 11:00 AM
‎Apr-16-2012 11:00 AM
I have no (active) outstanding payment authorizations, but PayPal says I have active ones so it won't let me cancel my account!  How do I get this fixed?   I do have three "CANCELED" payment authorizations, but how would these stop my account from being canceled?? ... View more
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